Dr. Scott Lively to the Russians(and by inference, to the
Americans...)

DefendTheFamily.com Alert

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into Russian and published in newspapers, magazines and Internet sites.

Letter to the Russian People

I am Dr. Scott Lively, President of Defend the Family International, a
human-rights organization based near Los Angeles, California. I hold a Juris
Doctor of Law from Trinity Law School, a Doctor of Theology from the School of
Bible Theology (both of which schools are in California), and a certificate in
human rights from the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg,
France. I am the author of the Riga Declaration on Religious Freedom, Family
Values and Human Rights, and several books, including The Pink Swastika:
Homosexuality in the Nazi Party, which is currently being translated into
Russian for publication in 2008.

I have just completed a speaking tour through your beautiful country and have
come to love your culture and your people. I had the privilege of visiting
numerous Russian cities, from Vladivistok and Blagoveschensk in the Far East, to
several cities in Siberia, and St. Petersburg in the West. I’ve been impressed
by how much Russians are like Americans in many ways: both are intelligent,
resourceful, competitive and entrepreneurial. These similarities are both good
and bad. They are good in that our nations have a foundation for friendship, but
they are bad in that they make Russia vulnerable to the same destructive forces
that have harmed America.

The purpose of my visit was to bring a warning about the homosexual political
movement which has done much damage to my country and which has now taken root
in Russia. This is a very fast-growing social cancer that will destroy the
family foundations of your society if you do not take immediate, effective
action to stop it.

Homosexuality is a personality disorder that involves various, often dangerous
sexual addictions and aggressive, anti-social impulses. This combination of
factors causes homosexuals to have an intense loyalty to each other and a common
goal to change any society in which they live in organized “gay and lesbian”
communities. They have no acceptance in a society that restricts sex to
heterosexual marriage, so they work to eliminate sexual morality and remove all
limitations on sexual conduct. Importantly, their initial strategy is not
promote homosexuality, but to spread sexual immorality among heterosexuals,
especially the young people. Only later, when the culture has become sexually
corrupt, do they openly step forward to take power as the natural leaders of
such a society.

The process of change always begins with the institutions which shape the
thinking and behavior of young people. First comes the promotion of sexual
promiscuity through mass media, then the introduction of high-profile “gay”
celebrities such as Elton John and George Michael, then the development of “gay”
political cells in the universities. Later comes the advocacy of "gay rights" by
politicians and community leaders.

It is no accident that Hollywood promotes sexual immorality. The American
entertainment media is heavily influenced, in some cases controlled, by
professional homosexual activists who use television, movies and music as a tool
of social engineering. Russian youths are being shaped in this way, just as
American youths were, beginning in the late 1950s. However, the now wealthy and
powerful global homosexual movement has perfected its tactics and can transform
a society very rapidly.

Some Russian universities, especially in the larger cities, now have “gay and
lesbian” clubs. Remember that their focus is always on the young people. The
homosexuals know they can’t change the values of the older people, but that
young people, especially those who are sexually active or cohabiting, are easily
persuaded to accept homosexuality as just another lifestyle. In fact, many young
people become active defenders of homosexuality, because the “gay” movement
portrays all homosexuals as helpless victims of societies who “just want to be
left alone to love whom they please.” The universities serve as recruitment
centers for both homosexuals and their heterosexual allies and protectors.

The homosexual movement tries to win public sympathy by claiming that
homosexuals are “born that way” and cannot change. This is not true. There is a
large association of doctors and therapists in the United States who help
homosexuals to recover (see www.narth.com) and many thousands of former
homosexuals who now live normal lives. But unfortunately, there is an even
larger network of homosexual activists and their allies (backed by the full
power of the European Union, some US agencies and institutions, and numerous
international NGOs), who insist that homosexuality is unchangeable and must be
protected by government. Their goal is to pass a law prohibiting discrimination
against homosexuals, which then serves as a legal foundation for the rest of
their agenda: publicly funded and protected “gay pride” parades in every city,
homosexual marriage or its equivalent, promotion of homosexuality to
schoolchildren, full acceptance of homosexuality in every part of society, an! d
punishment of people who disagree.

Unfortunately, many Russians believe this could never happen in their country.
That’s what we believed in the United States. But the change has already begun
in Russia. Just talk to the university students in the major cities, or search
on the Internet for “gay” activities in your own city. There was a “gay pride”
parade this August in Omsk, the Novosibirsk newspapers are now printing “gay”
dating ads, there are at least three “gay” Internet sites for teenagers in
Krosnoyarsk, and Saint Petersburg already has a population of homosexual men who
meet for sex in certain public parks. These examples may seem like a small
threat considering the strong opposition to homosexuality in most of Russian
society, but I beg you not to ignore these warning signs. They are like the
smoke from a forest fire. If you wait until you can see the flames from your own
house it will be too late.

What can be done to protect Russia from the “gay” movement?

First, begin an immediate campaign in every city to promote marriage and family
values, and to discourage sexual promiscuity and cohabitation. Young people at
every grade level should receive age-appropriate instruction on why sexual
morality and family values are important to their future, and older students
should learn how to prepare to be a good husband or wife. Every city should
offer marriage seminars and counseling to help strengthen existing families.
Cities should celebrate family life and offer many pro-family programs and
activities.

Second, begin training doctors, psychologists and therapists in the techniques
of helping homosexuals to recover, and offer this therapy as a public service.
Promote recovery for homosexuals in public advertising and reach out to young
people who may suffer from same-sex attraction. Catch it early and spare these
youths a lifetime of pain and suffering. Importantly, if Russian authorities
publicly promote recovery for homosexuals, the “gays” will not be able to
deceive the public with their “born the way” propaganda.

Third, criminalize the public advocacy of homosexuality. My philosophy is to
leave homosexuals alone if they keep their lifestyle private, and not to force
them into therapy if they don’t want it. However, homosexuality is destructive
to individuals and to society and it should never publicly promoted. The easiest
way to discourage “gay pride” parades and other homosexual advocacy is to make
such activity illegal in the interest of public health and morality.

Fourth, develop family-friendly media alternatives to the immoral products now
being imported from the U.S. and Europe. Russian society is rich with talented
people. Russian media companies should become competitors for the hearts and
minds of the young people, and even set the example for how to produce good
quality entertainment that uplifts, not degrades, the human spirit.

It is no secret that the Russian Federation is in competition with the nations
of the West, but there is one area in which Russia could quickly take global
leadership: family values. While the United States and Europe continue to
alienate their family-oriented citizens by following the destructive path of
“sexual freedom,” Russia could become a model pro-family society. If this were
to occur, I believe people from the West would begin to emigrate to Russia in
the same way that Russians used to emigrate to the United States and Europe.
Russia might even win back the sympathies of its former states, such as Poland,
Latvia and Lithuania, which are now chafing under the pro-homosexual demands of
the European Union.

In conclusion, all successful civilizations rest on the foundation of the
natural family: men and women united in marriage, devoted to bearing and raising
morally healthy children who will replace them in the next generation. This
foundation will always be strong in nations which discourage sexual conduct
outside of marriage. But wherever the “gay” philosophy of unlimited sexual
freedom is accepted, the family structure disintegrates. The Russian people have
an important choice before them: to promote marriage and family values, leading
to social health or to allow the spread of sexual immorality, leading to social
disorder. I pray you will choose the family.